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The large facilities for commerce and transportation 

 which now exist, are also responsible in no small measure 

 for the distribution of insects. Ships plying from foreign 

 shores have brought us harmful insects. These have come 

 from Europe and the Orient, and from all parts of the 

 world, and the railroads have effected their broadcast scat- 

 tering throughout this country. 



Then all abandoned or neglected farms serve as breed- 

 ing places or nurseries, in which legions of insects are 

 hatched to ultimately go forth and stock the entire sur- 

 rounding country. This is one of the sad features con- 

 nected with the control of these pests. One man may be 

 ever so particular and painstaking in his warfare against 

 them upon his own premises, while on an adjacent farm 

 they may be allowed to work and increase in numbers un- 

 disturbed. Cordial co-operation among all land owners is 

 demanded, if the undertaking of checkmating insect rav- 

 ages is to prove a success. 



The above are some of the causes, which, coupled with 

 the extraordinary powers of reproduction which insects 

 possess, have resulted in the present plague of these pests. 



But if we are more afflicted with injurious insects than 

 our ancestors were, it is a relief to know that we under- 

 stand better how to fight bugs then they probably did. 



Insects really place a premium upon intelligence and 

 thrift, for whoever takes the pains to preserve his crops 

 from insects and fungi will be well rewarded by good 

 prices and quick sales for his produce. 



In the warfare against insects, clean culture is of first 

 importance. 



CLEAN CULTURE. 



Many insects find refuge during the winter months up- 

 on weeds, dead twigs, branches of trees, or other rubbish, 

 lying about the garden, orchard and field. Hence the 



